Teh interesting (non-PHL-related) news stub thread

[Sforza]

Maybe he drank some Lakas Uhaw.

Michael Phelps drank moar.

[NiX]

Yep, that dude definitely had gallons of BADobo.

[Shintetsu]

ABNORMAL NA TOMADOR.

[Sforza]

Cuban Taekwondo athlete to get banned for life after kicking referee in the face in Olympics



Click here for the article.

[NiX]

Hahahah nice one. "My foot, your face!"

[J.E_Magog]

old news but hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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[HayWire]

Hey guys, anybody there's an ongoing petition to support the previously reproductive health bill:

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_perl/p...i?rhan2008

FYI, it seems that the church has been using homilies in mass to push for their own distorted version of this bill. Propaganda during a sacred rite...

I strongly urge you guys to read the facts for yourselves.

[Twin-Skies]

Btw, that was my post. Mixed up accounts again

[Grim]

Dan LaFontaine has died. He was 68.

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,...29,00.html

Don LaFontaine, a voiceover artist known to many as "King of Voiceovers," died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 68.

A 25-year veteran of the industry, LaFontaine was the preeminent voice of movie trailers, and also voiced popular shows like Entertainment Tonight, the Insider and hundreds of spots for radio and television. His other work included commercials for McDonalds, Budweiser and voiceover work for all the major television networks. According to reports, he worked on nearly 5,000 films – and was the in-show announcer for the Screen Actors Guild and Academy Awards.

LaFontaine's agent confirms to Entertainment Tonight that he passed away from Pneumothorax, the presence of air or gas in the pleural cavity which house the lungs. The official cause of death has not been released.

Most recently, LaFontaine stepped into the spotlight, parodying himself in a series of television commercials for Geico.

[AppleHead]

Massive police raids on suspected protesters in Minneapolis, ahead of the RNC.

Rage Against the Machine go a capella at RNC protest after cops shut down PA. (RNC: Republican National Convention)

Barack Obama's full speech at the 2008 Democratic National Convention.

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Speaking of which, someone sent in this story to one of the liberal/anti-police brutality sites here:

AFP spies caught in PUP

The story was that 4 spies for the AFP were caught at a school there and were beaten up by the students (even after pretending they had guns). Eventually campus security arrived and took custody of the 4 until they were picked up by police. This video is of their exit towards the police vehicles:

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[clonezero]

right now my father is watching ANC crossroads and the topic is "HOW RELIABLE IS OUR AIR FORCE?"

[maitreya]

When world leaders pwn

[J.E_Magog]

Yeah putin is the man. Manliest them all.

Here's where i'll probably end up in a few years.
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[Grim]

Jon, that was painful to watch.

[Sforza]

Think it'll work here as a business?